re: swap file question curious about size?
Thursday, July 15, 2004 at 5:52 pm
Windows Me Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by gary
(776 messages posted)
thanks jack. so this should be ok then. we do a lot of gaming.or should i let windows
manage it. thanks gary
On Thursday, July 15, 2004 at 5:29 pm, Jack Gulley wrote:
>Yep. A 110MB EMM386.SWP file would be about normal for Windows ME systems. The
>second 0 length swap file indicates someone has "tweaked" the system virtual memory
>settings at some point and set you a fixed length swap file. Not really a good idea
>with Windows ME. It is best to let it manage it. This is set in the Control Panel,
>System icon, Performance tab, Virtual Memory button.
> Unless you have a very special reason (high performance games or network server)
>usage, make sure the swapfile is set to "Let Windows manage...". It knows how to
>do this a lot better than you do, and keeps its size dynamic. That setting should
>also get rid of the second zero size swapfile.
> If you want a fixed minimum, that is OK as long as it is large enough, but never
>set a Maximum swap file size on Windows ME. That can cause you problems.
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